Hello, my name is Robert Shuster and welcome to my personal home page. 

 Here you can find out a little more about me and my life.

Biography 

I was born in Rensselaer, Indiana on January 24th, 1957. For the first five years of my life I lived on a working farm that raised both crops and livestock. In 1962, my family got out of farming, but continued to live in the country. I grew up only a few miles away from the home of Indiana literary legend George Ade.

I graduated from high school in 1975 and that fall I enrolled at St. Francis College (now the University of St. Francis). There I played soccer, baseball and was a member of the school’s track team. In addition to the usual college activities (LOL!!!), I was also a member of the student government and occasional contributor to the school’s newspaper. I graduated with a degree in Business Administration in the spring of 1979.

After college I moved to Washington, D.C. There, after a short internship with the Federal Aviation Administration, I spent the next twelve years working a series of “bean counter” jobs. I continued my athletic pursuits by playing rugby with the Washington Irish Rugby Club. However, it was in Washington where my performing career started. It began as disc jockey with Nard’s Rock ‘n Roller Review. In addition to developing skills in announcing drink specials, trivia contests and last calls, I learned about a wide variety of music from the “Golden Oldies” to the latest and greatest.

Then, in 1991, I moved to Sarasota, FL. Soon after arriving, I continued my rugby career with the Sarasota Rugby Club. In addition, I began to develop my long dormant writing skills, having last used them writing a newsletter for my rugby club in Washington, D.C. After a couple of years of writing classes and groups, I decided to put out my own book, , in 2000.

After retiring from active participation in rugby in 1998, I began to work on my performing skills with classes at the Bermuda Mavericks Comedy School and the Sarasota Players Theater. Then, in 1999, I made my stage debut at Sarasota Players Theater in Singin’ in the Rain. Since then, I’ve appeared in numerous local productions, ranging from light musicals to heavy dramas. I appeared in my first featured role in the movie, Vampire Biker Babes, released in 2007. This was followed up by the title role in Baine in 2011. I have also appeared in several short films as well.

In 2002, I released my second book, a collection of short stories called The 13 Colonies. Then, in 2003, I released my first novel and third book, I, Vampire. My fourth book and second novel, Phase II was released in 2006. I also was the voice for the audio book version of Sevenacide as well, released in 2010.

As a performer, I drew on my nightclub DJ experience and musical listening background and created a radio show called Retrograde in 2002. Along with playing punk, new wave and alternative music from the 1970’s, 1980’s and early 1990’s, I have had the opportunity to develop as a radio journalist by interviewing musical personalities from the era.